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[iiSoMeGuY 7x]

# include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main ()

{
char first[16];
char last[16];
char prefix[2];
char married[2];

cout << "What is your first and last name? \n";
cin >> first >> last;
cout << "Are you a man or a woman?" << endl << "Please answer with a 'm' for man or a 'w' for woman.";
cin >> prefix;

{
if (prefix = 'w') //line 18
cout << "Are you married?" << endl << "Please answer with a 'y' for yes or a 'n' for no.";
cin >> married;
if (married = 'y') //line 21
cout << "Hello Mrs. " << last << ". \n";
else if (prefix = 'n') //line 23
cout << "Hello Ms. " << last << ". \n";
}

if (prefix = 'm') //line 27
cout << "Hello Mr. " << last << ". \n";
return 0;
}
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Above is a project im working on to get used to C++ (just started programming yesterday) and when i try to build it i get 4 errors saying "incompatible types of assignment of 'char' to 'char[2]' " in lines 18, 21, 23 and 27. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

[ninja9578]

You defined prefix as a char array. My guess is that you want to check the first character. So if (prefix[0] == 'w') ...

[iiSoMeGuY 7x]

kk, thx, will try and let you know

[iiSoMeGuY 7x]

huh, it worked but now is giving me warnings on the same lines saying "suggest parentheses around assignment used as truth value" and , if its not 2 much to ask, what exactly did assigning 0 to char in the if statements do?

[iiSoMeGuY 7x]

nvrmd on the warnings, fixed them

[Lindley]

It sounds like you're still doing assignment rather than comparison as ninja suggested.

[iiSoMeGuY 7x]

It sounds like you're still doing assignment rather than comparison as ninja suggested.

ya, i figured that 1 out, but i still dont get what assigning 0 to char did to make this work

[laserlight]

but i still dont get what assigning 0 to char did to make this work

prefix[0] does not assign 0. It accesses the element of prefix at index 0.

[Lindley]

I don't see you assigning 0 anywhere.....please clarify your question.

[iiSoMeGuY 7x]

prefix[0] does not assign 0. It accesses the element of prefix at index 0.

ok, thanks

[GCDEF]

Of course you could just define prefix and married as a single char instead of an array.